Palm Beach County unemployment soared from 10.4 percent in May. Martin County unemployment jumped to 11.2 percent from 10.5 percent, while St. Lucie County’s jobless rate rose to 14.1 percent from 13.4 percent.

St. Lucie County had the second-highest unemployment rate among the state’s 67 counties, trailing only Flagler County’s 15.5 percent.

Florida’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 10.6 percent, compared to the national rate of 9.5 percent. Florida unemployment last reached these levels in 1975, when the state was hammered by a severe recession.

Florida jobless rates typically spike in June, when schools let out for the summer.
Nearly every sector in the state shed jobs except for health services, the Agency for Workforce Innovation said.